There are 8 ways to get from Ayr to Knutsford by train, bus, car, or plane
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Train
best- Take the train from Ayr to Glasgow Centraltrain
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Lancastertrain
- Take the train from Lancaster to Manchester Piccadillytrain
6h 5m£98–197Bus
cheapest- Take the bus from Ayr Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus X77 / ...
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Shudehill Interchangebus Ukn30 / ...
8h£35–64Bus, train
- Take the bus from Ayr Bus Station to Waterloo Lanebus X77 / ...
- Take the train from Glasgow Central to Warrington Bank Quaytrain Glasgow Central - London Euston / ...
7h 23m£89–147Drive 217.3 mi
- Drive from Ayr to Knutsfordcar 217.3 mi
3h 52m£53–77Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane GLA - MAN
6h 41m£69–169Train via Carlisle
- Take the train from Auchinleck to Carlisletrain Glasgow Central - Carlisle
- Take the train from Carlisle to Manchester Piccadillytrain Edinburgh - Manchester Airport / ...
7h 33m£85–159Train to Glasgow Airport, fly to Liverpool, train
- Take the train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Streettrain
- Fly from Glasgow Airport (GLA) to Liverpool (LPL)plane GLA - LPL
- Take the train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadillytrain
7h 37m£89–222Bus, bus to Edinburgh Airport, fly to Manchester Airport
- Take the bus from Ayr Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Stationbus
- Take the bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminalbus
- Fly from Edinburgh Airport (EDI) to Manchester Airport (MAN)plane EDI - MAN
7h 48m£58–173
Ayr to Knutsford by train
Questions & Answers
The cheapest way to get from Ayr to Knutsford is to bus which costs £35 - £65 and takes 8h.
The fastest way to get from Ayr to Knutsford is to drive which takes 3h 52m and costs £50 - £80.
No, there is no direct bus from Ayr station to Knutsford. However, there are services departing from Ayr Bus Station and arriving at Altrincham Interchange via Buchanan Bus Station, Shudehill Interchange and Piccadilly Gardens. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 8h.
No, there is no direct train from Ayr to Knutsford. However, there are services departing from Ayr and arriving at Knutsford via Glasgow Central, Lancaster and Manchester Piccadilly. The journey, including transfers, takes approximately 6h 5m.
The distance between Ayr and Knutsford is 285 miles. The road distance is 218.5 miles.
The best way to get from Ayr to Knutsford without a car is to train which takes 6h 5m and costs £95 - £200.
It takes approximately 6h 5m to get from Ayr to Knutsford, including transfers.
Ayr to Knutsford bus services, operated by Stagecoach West Scotland, depart from Ayr Bus Station.
Ayr to Knutsford train services, operated by ScotRail, depart from Ayr station.
The best way to get from Ayr to Knutsford is to train which takes 6h 5m and costs £95 - £200. Alternatively, you can bus, which costs £35 - £65 and takes 8h.
What companies run services between Ayr, Scotland and Knutsford, England?
You can take a train from Ayr to Knutsford via Glasgow Central, Lancaster, and Manchester Piccadilly in around 6h 5m. Alternatively, you can take a bus from Ayr Bus Station to Knutsford via Buchanan Bus Station, Shudehill Interchange, Piccadilly Gardens, Altrincham Interchange, and Altrincham in around 8h.
- Website
- britishairways.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 45m
- When
- Thursday to Saturday
- Estimated price
- £95–170
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via London Heathrow
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 44m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £90–160
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Isle Of Man
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–310
- Website
- aerlingus.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 52m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £50–130
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 15m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–140
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 5m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–170
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 32m
- When
- Every day
- Estimated price
- £60–170
- Website
- easyjet.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 2m
- When
- Wednesday to Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–170
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Liverpool via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 22m
- When
- Wednesday, Sunday, Thursday, and Monday
- Estimated price
- £70–210
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Liverpool via Belfast City
- Ave. Duration
- 6h 25m
- When
- Sunday
- Estimated price
- £70–210
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 38m
- When
- Sunday, Monday, and Friday
- Estimated price
- £55–210
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 4h 2m
- When
- Thursday
- Estimated price
- £40–110
Flights from Glasgow Airport to Liverpool via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 55m
- When
- Tuesday and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £45–130
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Dublin
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 21m
- When
- Thursday, Monday, and Tuesday
- Estimated price
- £40–130
- Website
- ryanair.com
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Belfast (Aldergrove)
- Ave. Duration
- 3h 15m
- When
- Saturday
- Estimated price
- £40–95
- Website
- loganair.co.uk
Flights from Edinburgh Airport to Manchester Airport via Isle Of Man
- Ave. Duration
- 5h 5m
- When
- Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday
- Estimated price
- £95–310
- Phone
- +44 (0)344 811 0141
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Ayr to Glasgow Central
- Ave. Duration
- 51 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £17–35
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Street
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–27
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Auchinleck to Carlisle
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 27m
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £30–60
- Website
- ScotRail
Train from Ayr to Paisley Gilmour Street
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Every 30 minutes
- Estimated price
- £14–27
- Website
- ScotRail
- Phone
- +44 (0)345 528 0253
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 3m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £60–100
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
Train from Glasgow Central to Warrington Bank Quay
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 47m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £75–130
- Website
- Avanti West Coast
- Phone
- +44 345 600 1671
- [email protected]
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Glasgow Central to Lancaster
- Ave. Duration
- 2h 17m
- Frequency
- Every 3 hours
- Estimated price
- £55–110
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Lancaster to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £18–35
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Carlisle to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 52m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £40–75
- Website
- TransPennine Express
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 41 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £10–18
- Website
- TransPennine Express
- Phone
- +44 800 200 6060
- [email protected]
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Lancaster to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 8m
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £20–40
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 45 min
- Frequency
- 6 times a week
- Estimated price
- £11–20
- Website
- Northern Trains Limited
- Phone
- 03457 125 678
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
Train from Liverpool South Parkway to Manchester Piccadilly
- Ave. Duration
- 39 min
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £15–22
- Website
- East Midlands Railways
- Phone
- 0345 810 1000
- [email protected]
- Website
- Stagecoach West Scotland
Bus from Ayr Bus Station to Waterloo Lane
- Ave. Duration
- 58 min
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £11–15
- Website
- Stagecoach West Scotland
Bus from Ayr Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £11–15
- Website
- Stagecoach West Scotland
Bus from Ayr Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £11–15
- Website
- Stagecoach West Scotland
- Phone
- 0141 352 4444
- [email protected]
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
Bus from Ayr Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–13
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £6–13
Bus from Ayr Bus Station to Buchanan Bus Station
- Ave. Duration
- 55 min
- Frequency
- Every 4 hours
- Estimated price
- £6–13
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £6–13
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 1m
- Frequency
- Every 15 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–15
- Website
- Scottish Citylink Coaches Ltd
- Single
- £7–15
Rome2Rio's guide to FlixBus
Contact DetailsContact Details
- Phone
- +49 30 300 137 300
- [email protected]
- Website
- Flixbus
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Shudehill Interchange
- Ave. Duration
- 4h
- Frequency
- Hourly
- Estimated price
- £22–40
- Website
- Flixbus
- Phone
- +44 (0)131 510 4007
- [email protected]
- Website
- Ember
Bus from Buchanan Bus Station to Terminal
- Ave. Duration
- 1h 7m
- Frequency
- Every 20 minutes
- Estimated price
- £7–11
- Website
- Ember
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More Questions & Answers
Ayr to Knutsford bus services, operated by Stagecoach West Scotland, arrive at Buchanan Bus Station.
Ayr to Knutsford train services, operated by ScotRail, arrive at Glasgow Central station.
Yes, the driving distance between Ayr to Knutsford is 219 miles. It takes approximately 3h 52m to drive from Ayr to Knutsford.
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